Ratings

Ratings Thursday April 8, 2010

Channel Shares:
1 9 26.7%. 2 7 22.7%. 3 10 18.9%. 4 ABC1 14.9%.
5 GO 5.2%. 6 SBS ONE 4.6%. 7 7TWO 3.3%. 8 ABC2 1.7%.
9 ONE 1.1%. 10 SBS TWO 0.6%. 11 ABC3 0.4%
Total digital share: 12.3%

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News Seven 1,398,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,331,000
3 Nine News Nine 1,138,000
4 A Current Affair Nine 1,082,000
5 The Mentalist -Rpt Nine 1,074,000
6 ABC News ABC1 1,070,000
7 Getaway Nine 1,037,000
8 The Biggest Loser (Aus) Ten 1,030,000
9 Home And Away Seven 1,024,000
10 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 1,006,000
11 So You Think You Can Dance Australia – Results Ten 878,000 298
12 The Footy Show Nine 814,000
13 The 7pm Project Ten 798,000
14 7.30 Report ABC1 788,000
15 Ten News At Five Ten 786,000
16 How I Met Your Mother Seven 776,000
17 Seven’s Footy Show Seven 768,000
18 Cougar Town Seven 757,000
19 Catalyst ABC1 692,000
20 Human Journey ABC1 681,000
21 Law And Order: Svu Rpt Ten 680,000
22 Deal Or No Deal Seven 642,000
23 Neighbours Ten 595,000
24 Thank God You’re Here (R) Seven 590,000
25 Hot Seat Nine 566,000
26 The Simpsons Ten 556,000
27 Stress: Portrait Of A Killer ABC1 516,000
28 Medium Ten 482,000
29 Grand Designs Revisited ABC1 448,000
30 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 410,000

Italian Food Safari SBS ONE 395,000
Sunrise Seven 391,000
Family Guy Seven 343,000
The Big Bang Theory Go! 328,000 000
Top Gear Go! 315,000
Today Nine 303,000
Costa’s Garden Odyssey SBS ONE 286,000
Heston’s Feasts Rpt SBS ONE 228,000
The Morning Show Seven 213,000
E.R. Go! 205,000
Prime Suspect 7TWO 180,000
The Ellen Degeneres Show Nine 166,000
Late Show With David Letterman Ten 135,000
The Magic Roundabout ABC2 135,000
Spicks And Specks ABC2 110,000
Kerri-Anne Nine 99,000
M.I. High ABC3 98,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Wednesday April 7, 2010.

Network Shares:
1 Nine 29.5%. 2 Seven 26.6%. 3 Ten 22.4%. 4 ABC 17.3%. 5 SBS 4.3%
Channel Shares:
1 9 26.6%. 2 7 24.1%. 3 10 20.3%. 4 ABC1 15.1%
5 SBS ONE 3.8%. 6 GO 2.9%. 7 7TWO 2.4%. 8 ONE 2.1%
9 ABC2 1.8%. 10 SBS TWO 0.4%. 11 ABC3 0.3%

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News Seven 1,495,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,360,000
3 Customs Nine 1,295,000
4 A Current Affair Nine 1,203,000
5 Nine News Nine 1,179,000
6 Two And A Half Men -Wed Nine 1,123,000
7 The Biggest Loser (Aus) Ten 1,114,000
8 Spicks And Specks ABC1 1,109,000
9 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 1,086,000
10 Home And Away Seven 1,076,000
11 ABC News ABC1 1,019,000
12 Cold Case -Ep1 Nine 993,000
13 So You Think You Can Dance Australia Ten 966,000
14 Ten News At Five Ten 868,000
15 7.30 Report ABC1 813,000
16 Cold Case -Ep2 Nine 808,000
17 The 7pm Project Ten 795,000
18 Life After People (R) Seven 714,000
19 The New Inventors ABC1 670,000
20 Neighbours Ten 642,000
21 Deal Or No Deal Seven 636,000
22 The Simpsons Ten 629,000
23 Hungry Beast ABC1 605,000
24 Hot Seat Nine 604,000
25 Burn Notice Ten 555,000
26 M-Saving Private Ryan Seven 519,000
27 Poh’s Kitchen ABC1 439,000
28 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 433,000
29 Huey’s Kitchen Ten 422,000
30 True CSI: Cold Blood -Rpt Nine 393,000

Beautiful People ABC1 378,000
Sunrise Seven 371,000
At The Movies ABC1 335,000
Today Nine 305,000
Inspector Rex Rpt SBS ONE 256,000
Ten Late News With Sports Tonight Ten 245,000
The Morning Show Seven 179,000
Lost 7TWO 178,000
Bewitched Go! 147,000
The Oprah Winfrey Show Ten 136,000
Kerri-Anne Nine 129,000
Dr Phil Ten 128,000
Fringe Go! 127,000
Blood, Sweat And T-Shirts ABC2 124,000
Stargate Atlantis-Wed 7TWO 117,000
Carla Cametti PD Rpt SBS ONE 105,000
IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2010 Live One 97,000
The View Nine 95,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Tuesday April 6, 2010

Network Shares:
1 Nine 28.4%. 2 Seven 26.0%. 3 Ten 23.6%. 4 ABC 16.6%. 5 SBS 5.3%
Channel Shares:
1 9 25.9%. 2 7 23.6%. 3 10 23.1%. 4 ABC1 14.9%
5 SBS ONE 4.8%. Eq 6 GO & 7TWO 2.5%. 8 ABC2 1.4%
9 ONE 0.6%. 10 SBS TWO 0.5%. 11 ABC3 0.3%

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News Seven 1,472,000
2 Top Gear Nine 1,434,000
3 Today Tonight Seven 1,421,000
4 NCIS Rpt Ten 1,264,000
5 Bondi Rescue Ten 1,180,000
6 A Current Affair Nine 1,167,000
7 Nine News Nine 1,137,000
8 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 1,124,000
9 ABC News ABC1 1,101,000
10 Home And Away Seven 1,094,000
11 The Biggest Loser (Aus) Ten 1,030,000
12 Survivor: Heroes Vs Villains Nine 997,000
13 Ten News At Five Ten 920,000
14 Criminal Minds-Ep.1 (R) Seven 848,000
15 Britain From Above ABC1 842,000
16 NCIS: Los Angeles Ten 832,000
17 The 7pm Project Ten 809,000
18 Criminal Minds (R) Seven 808,000
19 7.30 Report ABC1 776,000
20 Coastwatch Seven 770,000
21 Foreign Correspondent ABC1 639,000
22 The Simpsons Ten 639,000
23 Neighbours Ten 630,000
24 Hot Seat Nine 626,000
25 Deal Or No Deal Seven 612,000
26 20 To 1 Nine 581,000
27 Qi ABC1 534,000
28 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 437,000
29 Huey’s Kitchen Ten 414,000
30 Sunrise Seven 369,000

Antiques Roadshow Nine 355,000 Excl A
Ancient Megastructures ABC1 353,000
M*A*S*H Seven 329,000
Kitchen Nightmares U.S.A. -Rpt Nine 328,000
Today Nine 325,000
Insight SBS ONE 265,000
First Tuesday Book Club ABC1 265,000
Blood And Guts: A History Of Surgery Rpt SBS ONE 217,000
Flashforward – What Did You See? Seven 209,000
The Operation: Surgery Live SBS ONE 173,000
World News Australia SBS ONE 170,000
Ugly Betty 7TWO 140,000
Miffy And Friends ABC2 139,000
The Inbetweeners Go! 122,000
Community Go! 121,000
24 7TWO 101,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Nine can’t help themselves. So many of their promotions are based on self praise or thanking the viewers for making them number one.

They do it in ads for Today even though Sunrise continues to outrate Today in overall numbers. In Sydney, the promotions for Nine’s 6pm News quote “Thank you Sydney, for making us number one” while Hot Seat will use the line “Australia’s number one game show” even if it beats rival Deal or No Deal for just one day.

Nine News continues to use lines like “See it first” and “Leading the way” – a line borrowed from Seven’s news which also subtitles “Leading the way”. Back to Hot Seat again – and you regularly see ads for the show bragging about how much money they give away.

To me, it does not matter what the prize money is on a game show, it is all about the quality of the show and whether or not the meaningless chatter exceeds actual game show content. Hot Seat only has 15 questions per episode, and sometimes, you’ll see contestant after contestant get questions wrong and endless meaningless chatter between Eddy and the contestants.

All that aside, Nine – with a great deal of help from GO – is so far for 2010 the number one network in the three major demographics – the 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 age groups. Younger demographics are seen as more important to advertisers as younger audiences tend to be more influential, more likely to try new products, and generally have more disposable income.

Nine, of course, have wasted no time telling us this fact with this banner ad I saw in Media Week.

Seven are still the number one network in overall viewers and just behind Nine in the demographics. Ten used to be top in 16-39’s but Nine’s GO have taken a slice of that share. Ten will be the first to launch their third channel later this year, which should see their overall shares as a network increase.

Easter Entertainment For Everyone

The Easter Saturday Rugby League game between Cronulla and Parramatta, Live: NRL Sharks v Eels, on FOX Sports topped the week for subscription TV with 261,000 viewers. In Australian Rules football, Live: AFL Collingwood v Melbourne was watched by 219,000 viewers and Live: Cricket: Test NZ v Aus 2nd Test Day 3 S3 was seen by 166,000 people. Live: AFL: On the Couch had its best result of the year so far with 138,000 viewers, Live: Rugby Union: S14 Waratahs v Chtahs was watched by 98,000 people and the premiership showdown for English football, Live: Football: EPL Man United v Chelsea, was seen by 96,000 viewers (all on FOX Sports).

In entertainment programming, The Simpsons on FOX8 topped the week with 140,000 viewers, America’s Next Top Model (also on FOX8) was seen by 108,000 people and NCIS on TV1 was viewed by 82,000. Wizards of Waverly Place on Disney Channel was watched by 78,000 people, Two and a Half Men on Arena was watched by 78,000 and the new series of Selling Houses Australia on Lifestyle Channel was seen by 76,000 people.

In week 14, subscription TV channels had more viewers than any other network around Australia with 24.8% of all metropolitan viewing between 6am and midnight, 23.8% of all regional viewing and 60.7% of all viewing in subscription TV homes. (Fri & Sat listings based on preliminary schedules).

Subscription TV Viewing Summary : Week 14 (28 Mar -03 Apr 2010)

All People: Current Week Share t o All* All People: Year to Date Share t o All**
Sun-Sat 6am-12mn Sun-Sat 6am-12mn
Network NatSTV MTV RTV Network NatSTV MTV RTV
STV 60.7 24.8 23.8 STV 59.2 24.1 22.3
ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 4.8 11.6 12.3 9.0 1.0 13.1 20.9 19.8 16.0 3.2 13.4 17.7 19.0 12.6 3.7 ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 4.7 11.8 14.7 7.8 1.1 12.9 21.1 21.9 14.3 3.3 13.2 18.1 20.7 11.8 3.9
Sun-Sat 6pm-12mn Sun-Sat 6pm-12mn
Network NatSTV MTV RTV Network NatSTV MTV RTV
STV 50.2 18.2 17.4 STV 49.7 18.1 17.0
ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 5.7 14.7 16.0 10.8 1.7 13.3 22.9 22.0 16.7 4.6 13.6 18.7 20.8 13.4 5.4 ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 5.7 15.0 16.9 9.9 1.9 13.4 23.7 22.2 15.4 4.7 13.8 19.1 20.8 13.1 5.4
Sun-Sat 2am-2am Sun-Sat 2am-2am
Network NatSTV MTV RTV Network NatSTV MTV RTV
STV 61.3 25.3 24.2 STV 60.0 24.8 22.8
ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 4.7 11.3 12.1 9.0 1.1 12.9 20.6 19.6 16.0 3.2 13.3 17.5 18.9 12.5 3.8 ABC Seven/Affiliates Nine/Affiliates Ten/Affiliates SBS 4.5 11.5 14.4 7.6 1.2 12.6 20.8 21.8 14.2 3.3 13.1 17.9 20.6 11.7 3.9

NatSTV = National STV (STV homes only, metro & regional markets); MTV = Five metro markets (STV+FTA homes); RTV = Five regional markets (STV+FTA homes); Year-to-Date Share to All = average share weeks 1-14 2009. *Current week based on Overnight data; **Year-to-date based on overnight data current week/consolidated all other weeks. Sources: OzTAM (NatSTV, MTV) & RegTAM (RTV)

*Overnight data for current week; all other weeks based on consolidated data

Top 50 Subscription TV Program Broadcasts

National STV Program List: All People -w/c 28 Mar 2010 Broadcast Details* Broadcast Audiences (000s) Weekly Reach (000s)
# Highest STV Program Broadcast Channel Day Time B/cast Only B/cast & Plus2 Total STV
1 LIVE: NRL SHARKS V EELS FOX SPORTS 2 Sat 17:30 261 261 1,191 583
2 LIVE: NRL COWBOYS V TITANS FOX SPORTS 2 Sat 19:30 239 239 1,429 537
3 LIVE: AFL COLLINGWOOD V MELBOURNE FOX SPORTS 1 Sat 14:00 219 219 1,135 527
4 LIVE: NRL SHARKS V RABBITOHS FOX SPORTS 2 Mon 19:00 213 213 1,277 548
5 LIVE: NRL BRONCOS V WARRIORS FOX SPORTS 2 Sun 14:00 206 206 1,070 491
6 LIVE: AFL WEST COAST V PORT ADELAIDE FOX SPORTS 1 Sat 20:30 191 191 1,322 605
7 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 3 S3 FOX SPORTS 3 Mon 14:00 166 166 728 376
8 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 2 S2 FOX SPORTS 3 Sun 11:35 162 162 976 596
9 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 4 S3 FOX SPORTS 3 Tue 13:59 143 143 704 348
10 LIVE: AFL FREMANTLE V ADELAIDE FOX SPORTS 1 Sun 20:00 142 142 1,236 474
11 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 Wed 19:10 140 168 971 2,017
12 LIVE: AFL: ON THE COUCH FOX SPORTS 1 Mon 20:30 138 138 1,365 228
13 FAMILY GUY FOX8 Thu 18:44 138 166 847 1,081
14 FUTURAMA FOX8 Thu 18:17 124 151 797 1,079
15 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 2 S1 FOX SPORTS 3 Sun 08:57 116 116 780 384
16 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 3 S2 FOX SPORTS 3 Mon 11:35 114 114 629 312
17 AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL FOX8 Tue 19:36 108 136 1,082 450
18 CRICKET: WORLD SERIES CLASSICS FOX SPORTS 3 Sun 11:03 107 107 833 621
19 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 4 S2 FOX SPORTS 3 Tue 11:35 106 106 615 290
20 AMERICAN IDOL PERFORMANCE SHOW FOX8 Wed 19:36 104 149 1,135 558
21 LIVE: NRL SATURDAY PRE GAME SHOW FOX SPORTS 2 Sat 16:55 98 98 1,199 216
22 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 WARATAHS V CHTAHS FOX SPORTS 3 Sat 19:30 98 98 1,436 322
23 LIVE: FOOTBALL: EPL MAN UNITED V CHELSEA FOX SPORTS 3 Sat 22:00 96 96 933 329
24 NRL POST GAME SHOW FOX SPORTS 2 Sat 21:18 86 86 1,424 217
25 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 4 S1 FOX SPORTS 3 Tue 08:28 86 86 492 249
26 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 5 S1 FOX SPORTS 3 Wed 08:46 85 85 484 216
27 AFL: OPEN MIKE FOX SPORTS 1 Mon 21:30 82 82 1,099 171
28 NCIS TV1 Thu 19:30 82 107 963 869
29 LIVE: NRL ON FOX FOX SPORTS 2 Wed 19:30 79 79 1,113 143
30 WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE Disney Channel Fri 20:04 78 78 1,281 614
31 TWO AND A HALF MEN ARENA Sat 21:30 78 86 1,393 767
32 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 FORCE V STORMERS FOX SPORTS 3 Fri 21:00 78 78 1,111 234
33 WWE RAW FOX8 Wed 15:29 78 106 763 366
34 SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA Lifestyle Channel Wed 20:30 76 106 1,144 433
35 MIDSOMER MURDERS UKTV Fri 20:30 75 92 1,187 437
36 LIVE: NRL MONDAY POST GAME SHOW FOX SPORTS 2 Mon 20:57 74 74 1,209 207
37 EASTENDERS UKTV Wed 19:00 73 84 947 281
38 HANNAH MONTANA Disney Channel Fri 09:59 73 73 848 882
39 BEAUTY AND THE GEEK FOX8 Wed 21:30 72 95 1,090 195
40 LIVE: RUGBY UNION: S14 HURRICANES CRUS FOX SPORTS 3 Fri 17:30 69 69 1,113 212
41 PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM Disney Channel Fri 18:30 69 69 1,214 184
42 LIVE: NRL SUNDAY PRE GAME SHOW FOX SPORTS 2 Sun 13:27 68 68 1,021 166
43 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 3 S1 FOX SPORTS 3 Mon 08:28 68 68 479 229
44 GOSSIP GIRL FOX8 Tue 20:35 67 79 1,082 313
45 AS THE BELL RINGS Disney Channel Wed 17:25 66 66 799 188
46 GRAND DESIGNS Lifestyle Channel Fri 15:00 66 72 1,140 541
47 RIGHTEOUS KILL MOVIE ONE Sun 20:30 65 80 1,349 295
48 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER ARENA Fri 16:30 65 78 1,103 1,050
49 LIVE: CRICKET: TEST NZ V AUS 2ND TEST DAY 2 S3 FOX SPORTS 3 Sun 15:07 64 64 1,046 302
50 WWE SMACKDOWN FOX8 Fri 15:30 63 77 1,093 407

(*) Highest rating broadcast of the program (Overnight data). Programs in bold are new on STV since 27/12/2009. Definitions below (Source: OzTAM)

Audience Definitions for the Program Listing:

The listing is based on the average audience to the highest episode of each program in the week. The audience figures represent viewing to STV programs in STV homes from the metropolitan and regional markets.

  • B/Cast Only represents the average audience watching the program that was broadcast on the channel at the nominated date and time
  • B/Cast & Plus2 represents the sum of the average audience to the program’s broadcast and the average audience of the two-hour delayed broadcast seen on an associated Plus2 channel. The B/Cast & Plus2 audience includes Plus2 viewing which occurs in the same research day as the original broadcast viewing (ie any Plus2 viewing for a program until 2am)
  • STV Total represents the average number of STV viewers across all STV channels at the time of B/Cast Only.
  • Weekly Reach (000s) represents the cumulative audience (reach audience) that watched any episode of the program across the week (one minute viewing minimum). This figure includes all viewers who watched the nominated broadcast, including any Plus2 audience, and viewers who saw any other episode of the program shown during the week.
  • “New on STV this week” means first appearance of the program on the nominated channel since 28/12/2008.

Ratings Monday April 5, 2010

Network Shares:
1 Nine 28.3%. 2 Seven 27.3%. 3 Ten 20.6%. 4 ABC 16.3%. 5 SBS 7/5%
Channel Shares:
1 9 25.4%. 2 7 22.9%. 3 10 19.1%. 4 ABC1 14.7%.
5 SBS ONE 6.9%. 6 7TWO 4.4%. 7 GO 2.9%. 8 ONE 1.5%
9 ABC2 1.3%. 10 SBS TWO 0.6%. 11 ABC3 0.3%

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News Seven 1,446,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,372,000
3 Nine News Nine 1,255,000
4 Two And A Half Men -Mon 7.30PM Nine 1,217,000
5 A Current Affair Nine 1,215,000
6 Two And A Half Men -Rpt 7PM Nine 1,161,000
7 The Big Bang Theory -Rpt Nine 1,077,000
8 ABC News ABC1 1,064,000
9 Home And Away Seven 1,027,000
10 The Mentalist -Rpt Nine 985,000
11 Ten News At Five Ten 965,000
12 The Biggest Loser (Aus) – Elimination Ten 944,000
13 Australian Story ABC1 901,000
14 Melb Int’l Comedy Festival – All Stars Cabaret Ten 835,000
15 Brothers & Sisters – Ep.1 Seven 782,000
16 Brothers & Sisters Seven 775,000
17 Abba: The Mamma Mia! Story (R) Seven 771,000
18 The 7pm Project Ten 761,000
19 7.30 Report ABC1 749,000
20 CSI: Miami -Ep1 Nine 733,000
21 Four Corners ABC1 701,000
22 Neighbours Ten 674,000
23 Monday Afternoon AFL Ten 635,000
24 Deal Or No Deal Seven 604,000
25 Hot Seat Nine 596,000
26 Media Watch ABC1 583,000
27 Mythbusters SBS ONE 498,000
28 Man Vs Wild SBS ONE 485,000
29 Q & A ABC1 461,000
30 Antiques Roadshow Nine 426,000

Talking Heads ABC1 400,000
Border Patrol Seven 363,000
Supernatural Ten 330,000
Heartbeat 7TWO 325,000
Destination: FIFA World Cup SBS ONE 324,000
The Morning Show Seven 322,000
Sunrise Seven 304,000
Today Nine 263,000
Footy Classified Nine 232,000 M,A,P
Rosemary & Thyme 7TWO 231,000
Stawell Gift 2010 Ten 217,000
CSI: Miami -Ep2 Nine 164,000 S,B
Wife Swap USA Go! 163,000
30 Rock Seven 152,000
Dead Gorgeous ABC1 150,000
Wilfred SBS ONE 146,000
Dirty Jobs ABC2 142,000
The Vampire Diaries Go! 128,000
One Week At A Time One 121,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Sunday April 4, 2010

Network Shares:
1 Seven 28.1%. 2 Ten 27.7%. 3 Nine 26.7%. 4 ABC 11.7%. 5 SBS 5.8%.
Channel Shares:
1 7 25.7%. 2 10 21.4%. 3 9 21.0%. 4 ABC1 10.6%.
5 ONE 6.3%. 6 GO 5.7%. 7 SBS ONE 5.3%. 8 7TWO 2.3%
9 ABC2 0.8%. 10 SBS TWO 0.5%. 11 ABC3 0.4%

First time ever that TWO digital channels have beaten SBS ONE in channel shares, as well as a record high for ONE, almost matching the highest ever overall channel share for a digital multi channel.

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News – Sun Seven 1,214,000
2 Nine News Sunday Nine 1,142,000
3 60 Minutes Nine 935,000
4 Bones (R) Seven 928,000
5 Border Security: C Squadron-Front Line In Afghanistan Seven 898,000
6 Mighty Ships Seven 810,000 Excl A
7 Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – Family Assortment Ten 806,000
8 The Devil Wears Prada Rpt Ten 795,000
9 The Biggest Loser (Aus) – The Weigh-In Ten 699,000
10 Castle (R) Seven 697,000
11 ABC News-Su ABC1 663,000
12 V Nine 595,000
13 Ten News At Five Sun Ten 546,000
14 Domestic Blitz -Rpt Nine 525,000 S,B
15 Cuckoo ABC1 466,000
16 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 2: Essendon Vs Fremantle Seven 464,000
17 Little Devil ABC1 399,000
18 Nine’s Sunday Football Nine 395,000 S,B
19 Weekend Sunrise – Sun Seven 392,000
20 Sports Tonight Sun Ten 390,000
21 Scrubs Seven 384,000
22 ABC News Up-Date ABC1 358,000
23 The Big Bang Theory Tx1 Go! 350,000
24 FIA Formula One World Championship 2010 One 327,000
25 The Big Bang Theory Go! 321,000
26 Survivors Nine 317,000
27 Domestic Blitz Nine 314,000 B,A,P
28 Weekend Sunrise – Sun – Early Seven 283,000
29 Weekend Today – Sunday Nine 282,000
30 Royal Pains-Sun Seven 281,000

The Sunday Footy Show Nine 279,000
Turin Shroud: The New Evidence SBS ONE 267,000
Sleuth 101 ABC1 257,000
Top Gear Go! 256,000
Postcards Nine 247,000 M,A
Seven’s AFL: Rnd 2: Adelaide Vs Sydney Seven 176,000 S,M,A
Dateline SBS ONE 165,000
Compass ABC1 158,000
FIA Formula One World Championship 2010 Ten 150,000 16,000
FIA Formula One World Championship 2010 – Pre-Race One 141,000
The Color Purple Go! 137,000
Survivor: Heroes Vs Villains -Encore Nine 135,000
IPL Twenty20 Cricket 2010 Live One 122,000
Grandpa In My Pocket ABC2 119,000
Art Nation ABC1 104,000
Sydney International Piano Competition 2008 ABC1 96,000
Video Hits Sun Ten 91,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Saturday April 3, 2010

Networks Shares:
1 Seven 25.2%. 2 ABC 24.5%. 3 Ten 21.9%. 4 Nine 20.5%. 5 SBS 7.9%
Channel Shares:
1 ABC1 22.0%. 2 7 18.7%. 3 10 17.0%. 4 9 14.5%.
5 SBS ONE 7.4%. 6 7TWO 6.5%. 7 GO 6.0%. 8 ONE 4.8%
9 ABC2 2.0%. 10 ABC3 0.6%. 11 SBS TWO 0.4%
Total digital share: 20.3% – highest ever for digital channels combined.

Top shows for the night:
1 Seven News – Sat Network 7 1,123,000
2 ABC News-Sa Network ABC1 942,000
3 Nine News Saturday Network 9 851,000
4 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Network 9 834,000
5 Bill Network ABC1 798,000
6 Blue Murder Network ABC1 755,000
7 ABC News Up-Date Network ABC1 703,000
8 Bed Of Roses Network ABC1 651,000
9 Gardening Australia Network ABC1 631,000
10 Ten News At Five Sat Network Ten 531,000
11 M-Herbie: Fully Loaded Network 7 530,000
12 Midsomer Murders Rpt Network ABC1 510,000
13 Saturday Night AFL Network Ten 496,000 Excl S
14 ABC News Up-Date Network ABC1 475,000
15 M-The Other Boleyn Girl Network 7 409,000
16 Richard Hammond: Engineering Connections Network SBS ONE 405,000
17 Tim Cahill – The Unseen Journey Network 7 370,000
18 Weekend Sunrise – Sat Network 7 336,000
19 Multiplicity -Rpt Network 9 326,000
20 A Touch Of Frost Network 7two 310,000
21 Iron Chef Network SBS ONE 307,000
22 Antiques Roadshow Network 9 302,000
23 Before The Game Network Ten 299,000 M,A,P
24 Rockwiz Rpt Network SBS ONE 262,000
25 Discover Tasmania Network 7 256,000 Excl B
26 Sports Tonight Sat Network Ten 244,000 S,B,A
27 Saturday Disney Network 7 238,000
28 Heartbeat-Sat Network 7two 233,000
29 Animal Emergency Network 9 223,000
30 Weekend Today – Saturday Network 9 222,000

Space Jam Network Go! 218,000
Monk Network Ten 211,000 S,B
The Garden Gurus Network 9 204,000
Better Homes And Gardens – Easter Network 7 184,000 M only
Nine’s Horse Racing Network 9 173,000
Last Action Hero Network Go! 168,000
Best Of Tropfest 2010 Network 9 156,000
Bowls: Australian Open 2010 Network ABC1 156,000
Grandpa In My Pocket Network ABC2 149,000
FIA Formula One World C’ship 2010 – Qualifier Network One 141,000
Bathurst Support Race-Porsche Network 7 136,000
This Is England Network SBS ONE 131,000
Saturday Night AFL Network One 130,000 Excl S
Star Trek: Nemesis Rpt Network Ten 129,000 Excl S
V8 Xtra Network 7 122,000
One Tree Hill Network Ten 119,000
Seven’s Motorsport: V8 Utes Network 7 115,000
Frasier Tx1 Network Go! 110,000
Video Hits Sat Network Ten 100,000
Wild At Heart Network ABC2 90,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Friday April 2, 1010

Network Shares:
1 Seven 30.9%. 2 Nine 26.6%. 3 ABC 17.8%. 4 ABC 17.8%. 5 SBS 8.4%
Channel Shares:
1 7 27.2%. 2 9 23.3%. Eq 3 ABC1 and 10 15.6%.
5 SBS ONE 7.8%. 6 7TWO 3.6%. 7 GO 3.3%. 8 ABC2 1.7%
Eq 9 SBS TWO and ONE 0.7%. 11 ABC3 0.5%

Top shows for the night:
1 Nine News Nine 1,283,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,198,000
3 Seven News Seven 1,184,000
4 A Current Affair Nine 968,000
5 Home And Away Seven 932,000
6 ABC News ABC1 909,000
7 Better Homes And Gardens – Easter Seven 878,000 Excl M
8 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 824,000
9 Whitechapel ABC1 808,000
10 NCIS Fri Rpt Ten 743,000
11 Ten News At Five Ten 731,000
12 Place Of Execution ABC1 634,000
13 Collectors ABC1 596,000
14 The 7pm Project Ten 586,000
15 James May’s Toy Stories SBS ONE 559,000
16 Nine’s Live Friday Night Football Nine 547,000 S,B
17 Totally Australia: Delivering The Pandas Ten 525,000
18 Compass Special ABC1 504,000
19 Nine’s Good Friday Football Nine 484,000 S,B
20 Two And A Half Men -Fri Nine 482,000 S,B
21 The Simpsons Ten 463,000
22 White Collar Ten 445,000
23 M-The Last Templar Seven 432,000 Excl M
24 Neighbours Ten 428,000
25 Everybody Loves Raymond Rpt Ten 379,000
26 Huey’s Kitchen Ten 364,000
27 Motorway Patrol Nine 354,000 S,B
28 Can We Help? ABC1 353,000
29 Sunrise Seven 345,000
30 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 341,000

Around The World In 80 Days -Rpt Nine 284,000 M,A,P
Hitler’s Bodyguard SBS ONE 261,000
The World’s Most Beautiful Sites SBS ONE 252,000
Adam Hills Live: Joymonger And Characterful Rpt ABC1 245,000
Today Nine 241,000
The Ellen Degeneres Show Nine 200,000
2010 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal-Night Seven 193,000 M only
The Sexual Life Of Us Rpt SBS ONE 188,000
Seven News Special Good Friday Bulletin Seven 183,000 M only
2010 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal-Arvo Seven 172,000 M only
60 Minute Makeover 7TWO 160,000
Kerri-Anne Nine 134,000
Allo ‘Allo Go! 132,000
Ghost Whisperer 7TWO 129,000
2010 Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal-Morn Seven 120,000 M only
Dirty Jobs ABC2 110,000
Larry The Lawnmower Seven 99,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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Ratings Thursday April 1, 2010.

Network Shares:
1 Seven 33.8%. 2 Nine 29.2%. 3 Ten 18.0%. 4 ABC 14.4%. 5 SBS 4.6%
Channel Shares:
1 7 31.3%. 2 9 23.8%. 3 10 16.9%. 4 ABC1 12.3%.
5 GO 5.4%. 6 SBS ONE 4.1%. 7 7 TWO 2.5%. 8 ABC2 1.6%.
9 ONE 1.1%. Eq 10 ABC3 & SBS TWO 0.5%

Top Shows for the Night
1 Seven News Seven 1,181,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,094,000
3 Nine News Nine 970,000
4 Seven’s AFL: Rnd 2: Brisbane Vs Carlton Seven 928,000
5 Getaway Nine 904,000
6 A Current Affair Nine 904,000
7 Seven’s Footy Show Seven 901,000 (The Bounce for M,A,P, Matty Johns for S and B)
8 Two And A Half Men -Rpt Nine 887,000
9 The Mentalist -Rpt Nine 883,000
10 ABC News ABC1 881,000
11 Home And Away Seven 816,000
12 The Biggest Loser (Aus) Ten 710,000
13 Ten News At Five Ten 702,000
14 Law And Order: Svu Rpt Ten 671,000
15 7.30 Report ABC1 661,000
16 So You Think You Can Dance Australia – Results Ten 629,000
17 The 7pm Project Ten 623,000
18 Catalyst ABC1 540,000
19 Human Journey ABC1 538,000
20 Medium Ten 527,000
21 Deal Or No Deal Seven 494,000
22 Hot Seat Nine 484,000
23 Neighbours Ten 428,000
24 The Bold And The Beautiful Ten 415,000
25 Grand Designs Revisited ABC1 387,000
26 The Simpsons Ten 383,000
27 Huey’s Kitchen Ten 366,000
28 Sunrise Seven 352,000
29 Cold Case -Ep1 Nine 327,000 M,A,P
30 The Big Bang Theory Go! 324,000

The Footy Show Nine 306,000 S,B
Today Nine 301,000 76,000 105,000 64,000 24,000 33,000
Seven’s AFL: Rnd 2: Brisbane Vs Carlton – After The Game Seven 294,000 Not S
Top Gear Go! 288,000
Colours By Numbers: The Sudokumentary ABC1 273,000
Costa’s Garden Odyssey SBS ONE 266,000
Scrubs-Thu (R) Seven 186,000
E.R. Go! 185,000
Heston’s Feasts Rpt SBS ONE 184,000
Late Show With David Letterman Ten 163,000
World News Australia SBS ONE 128,000
Stargate Atlantis 7TWO 128,000
Come Dine With Me Seven 106,000
Bewitched Go! 101,000
In The Night Garden ABC2 98,000
Heroes 7TWO 92,000
Gavin And Stacey ABC2 91,000
Fifth Gear 7TWO 89,000
Gossip Girl Go! 88,000

Ratings figures are OzTam Five capital city Preliminary figures. Five capital cities are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Raw data sourced from TV Tonight, Media Spy, Media Week, and Who We Are. Some Ten programs based on figures provided by Ten.

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